Hey, Willy. Look. We’re in a new country. New country? I thought we were in the old country.
Well, we are in the old country, but this is a new country. Okay. How do they have a new country in an old country? Is that why you called dummy? Because you’re so dumb?
No. Well, this is a new country to us, but it’s in the old country. I don’t care. So where are we? We are in Switzerland.
Albert Switzerland? No. Not Albert Switzerland. It’s Switzerland. Oh, okay.
I don’t understand. So where were we? Well, we were in France. Oh, we were in France. No.
We’re not in France. We were in France. So this is Switzerland. No. It’s Switzerland.
Are they okay if we’re in their land? Well, they don’t care as long as we give them lots of money. Money? What’s that? I don’t know.
So anyway, new country and the old country. Stop saying that, dummy. It doesn’t make sense. Okay. Then I have a question.
Hey, dummy, where in the world are we? We are just outside of Cholon and Champagne. About five more or six more miles.
We’re gonna have champagne. No, you can’t have champagne. You’re too young.
Okay, so, dummy, what’s that over there? Oh, that’s a canal. And this path, it’s gonna stay by this canal?
Yeah, it’ll stay by this canal for another five miles. We’ve been already here five miles. Holy cow, that’s a long way.
Okay, dummy, what are these things that are trying to eat me? For crying out loud? Those are mosquitoes.
Whose toes? No, no, not somebody’s toes. Those are called mosquitoes.
Well, I don’t care. Those mosquitoes are trying to eat me and I don’t know what to do. Well, you just have to keep shaking and they’ll finally go away.
You mean shaking like I’m doing now? Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. I keep doing that.
Man, I’m tired. Okay, so shake away. So the mosquitoes get them toes away from me.
In this amusing dialogue by Bill Belew, two characters, Tommy and Wilby, engage in a playful conversation. Tommy asks about their location, and Wilby humorously responds that they are in “creams,” which sounds like clearing one’s throat.
They clarify that they are in France. Wilby then introduces a new term for the English language, “pocket sickness,” describing the feeling of bouncing up and down in a pocket, akin to motion sickness experienced in cars or airplanes. The exchange highlights their light-hearted banter and Wilby’s creative wordplay.
Hey, dummy, where are we? We are in creams. Sounds like you’re clearing out your throat.
Yep, we are in creams. France. Okay, dummy, I have a new word for the English language.
Okay, let me hear it. Well, you know, when you ride around on the ups and downs and rounds at the fair, you get all kind of motion signals, right? And then your car.
You get the car sickness. Right. And then on the airplane, you get air sickness.
Well, I have a new one. Okay, Wilby, what’s that? I get pocket sickness.
Bouncing up and down in your pocket. You know, will be. That’s two words.
Hey, Willie, we’re gonna see some dead people. What? Dead people?
Are you serious? Yeah. Watch, watch, watch.
See, over there’s one. Okay, let’s go over here. I didn’t see any dead people.
Well, there they’re. Oh, look, here’s another one. Lots of dead people.
Oh, I see living people. Are they zombies? Zombies or dead people?
So where are we? We’re in the Notre Dame Cathedral de Rheims. You don’t speak French very well.
We already talked about that. Oh, there’s another dead one. Not sure who that is, but there sure is a lot of.
So this is where all the kings of France come. They get crowns put on their head. Okay, get a crown on your head and then you get put inside a big rock box.
I don’t know if that’s a good trade off, but I guess you gotta get buried somewhere, don’t you? Okay, I think we got one more. Oh, look at this one.
We need five people. So. No, not a basketball team.
Four of them. They came carrying. We have in.
I don’t know. In Thailand, do you have futon in Thailand? How about Korea?
Do you have futons? Like just a mattress. No boards.
Just a mattress. Like a soft, big soft pillow. This is a big, soft pillow.
He’s laying there, he’s complete. And they tie a rope and they carry him with the rope. And so these four people, they were not able to bring it to Jesus.
They couldn’t bring it to Jesus because of the crowd. So they went up on the roof. The four friends climbed up to the roof on top of the house.
And they began to move through the roof. So are these good friends or are they bad friends? But they’re breaking the house.
So, Topic, what will your friends do for you? When will your friends give up? So first, who are my friends?
Second, Topic, when do my friends give up? That’s a difficult problem. These friends climbed on the roof.
They broke the roof. They broke the roof. They are digging through the roof.
And they dropped the man. Oh, here he comes. He’s coming through the roof.
He’s coming. Suddenly it’s not raining water, it’s raining people. People come down through the roof.
What does Jesus think What does Jesus think when he sees a man coming through the roof? This is a big surprise. Topic, what is the biggest surprise you ever had?
What is the biggest surprise? A birthday party. A present.
When I was 17 years old. When I was 17 years old, my father came home in a very old car. A Volkswagen.
A Volkswagen Beetle, right? My father came home and a Volkswagen Beetle. And he gave me the keys.
My first car. When I got my first car, my world became very, very, very big. Suddenly I am free.
I can buy gasoline. Gasoline was 25 cents. 25 cents for one gallon.
Now it is 10 times, right? 10 times. But I could.
My life became free in this car. In this car I met a ghost. A ghost.
A ghost in the car. In my car. I will tell you the story of a ghost on Halloween.
Not today. Okay. So what was your biggest surprise for Jesus?
A man coming through the roof is a big surprise. Now there was the paralytic. Jesus saw their faith.
Jesus saw their face. And he told the paralytic young boy, boy, he was a basketball player. Your sins are forgiven.
He doesn’t want his sins forgiven. He doesn’t want his sins forgiven. He wants to walk.
He wants to play basketball. There is a disconnect, connection. Disconnection.
The boy wants this. Jesus says that. What happened?
When have you had big disconnection in your life? When did you have big disconnection? Jesus said, you sons are forgiven.
But some lawyers. Lawyers. The lawyers were sitting there.
The lawyers. These are scribes. The lawyers in their hearts.
This is the media. In the first century the media reported that Jesus was home. This is Jesus home when he is on a mission.
This is Jesus home away from home. Where was Jesus born? Nazareth.
That’s right. Jesus born in Nazareth. This is Capernaum.
This is Jesus part time home topic. Where do you feel at home? When you are not at home, but another house.
Where do you feel at home? How do you feel at home? When Jesus was not home, he went to Capernaum, where he felt at home.
When Jesus went to Peter’s house, he can feel relaxed. Where do you feel relaxed? Where do you feel comfortable?
That is not home. So when Jesus was in Capernaum, at home. So many people.
How many people is Mini? So many equals how much? I don’t know.
It means too many to count. 1, 2, 3, 4.
More.
More. 10, 12, 15, 20.
No. More. More.
30, 40, 50. No.
More. More.
Too many. There are so many people came together in Capernaum. When Jesus said, We have many eyeballs.
We have many eyes to watch Jesus. If Jesus does something good, we will know. If Jesus does something bad, we will know.
If Jesus does something amazing, we will know. If Jesus does something fail, we will know. We have many eyeballs to watch Jesus.
When he was at home in Capernaum, there was no room. Not even in the doorway. Not even the doorway.
We know that Peter’s house was very big. Not a small house. Because at Peter’s house there is Peter, there is Andrew, there is Peter’s wife, there is Andrew’s son Mark.
There is Peter’s mother in law. There are many people. Peter had many boats.
Peter was very rich. Peter had a good business. And yet Peter gave up everything to follow Jesus.
Peter gave up everything to follow Jesus. Peter’s house is very big. And Jesus was there speaking the Word.
What is the word? The good news is what? The good news is the kingdom of God.
The kingdom of God has come. This idea is very strange. This idea, the kingdom of God is very strange.
They cannot understand. Sometimes we cannot understand what is the kingdom of God. But Jesus said God’s kingdom, where God is, has come to earth.
This is good news. Why? Why is this good news?
If Jesus comes, If kingdom comes to earth, why is this good news? Salvation. How salvation?
Kind of salvation? Forgiveness. There is forgiveness.
What kind of forgiveness? Our sins. When God made us, we give everything back to God.
We? God made me. I give everything back to God.
If I keep something, I cannot pay back. I cannot pay back. For example, there is a father and a son and a neighbor.
There is a father, there is a son, and there is a neighbor. The father says to son, everything you do is mine. Everything you have is mine, and I.
Hey, dummy, where are we? Well, we just left Peron. Did she cry when you left her?
Hmm. Peron is a city, not a person. I know that, but did she cry when you left her?
Ha ha ha ha ha. You’re not very funny. Well, you should hear your jokes.
So, dummy, I have a question. When you’re walking on the highway, are you worried about trucks run? Well, I was a little bit, but I have a strategy for that.
And what’s your strategy? Well, see, Jake, he walks up in front of us. He’s way up there.
Whoa. And I figure a truck will probably run over him before he runs over us. What?
Okay, I guess so. Dummy, will you do me a favor? What’s that?
Well, since we’re walking facing the traffic, will you please put me in your left pocket? Okay. Why?
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